Bloom
Sheila S. Blair & Jonathan M. Bloom are a husband-and-wife team of teachers and writers on virtually all aspects of Islamic art and architecture. They share both the Norma Jean Calderwood University Professorship of Islamic and Asian Art at Boston College and the Hamad bin Khalifa Endowed Chair of Islamic Art at Virginia Commonwealth University. Together and singly they have written or edited a score of books and hundreds of articles on subjects ranging from the Dome of the Rock to modern...See more
Sheila S. Blair & Jonathan M. Bloom are a husband-and-wife team of teachers and writers on virtually all aspects of Islamic art and architecture. They share both the Norma Jean Calderwood University Professorship of Islamic and Asian Art at Boston College and the Hamad bin Khalifa Endowed Chair of Islamic Art at Virginia Commonwealth University. Together and singly they have written or edited a score of books and hundreds of articles on subjects ranging from the Dome of the Rock to modern calligraphy. See less
Bloom book reviews
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The Closing of the American Mind
Education, Democracy, And Soul
The late Allan Bloom's "The Closing of the American Mind" was an unexpected bestseller when it appeared in 1987. It is an outstanding work combining polemic against the diminution of American ... Read More
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Beginning to Pray
Not just for beginners
by Mitzi, Jul 2, 2010
This is a very simple book with profound ideas and intentions about prayer. It is basic on contemlative and centering prayer. It is one resource I will use over and over to rejuvinate my prayer ... Read More
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The closing of the American mind : how higher education has failed democracy and impoverished the souls of today's students
Right on in many parts
by Bizlaw, May 17, 2007
Very good and accurate insights but too much filler in other areas Read More